Are you getting insanely fit training Kung Fu

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Are you getting insanely fit training Kung Fu?
Jow Gar Kung Fu
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Kung Fu helps to develop lifelong mental,
physical, spiritual and emotional skills. Kung Fu
training takes you beyond your physical limit
where youll find the discipline, mental focus,
growth and skill acquisition. Kung Fu forms
contain internal energy work (Chi Kung), dynamic
tension exercises, breath training and also
strength, cardio and endurance training.   If
not, then you are doing something wrong with your
martial arts training.   Some people pay personal
trainers to get them fit, others join gyms. Most
modern group fitness classes in any commercial
gym you go to will feature classes such as Body
Combat or Punch Fit. These classes are designed
to mimic martial arts training, yet they can
never truly deliver any other benefit than
fitness. I understand that some people need the
external motivation of a personal trainer or
group lead fitness class.
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But, there are the other people who are looking
for something different. These are the type of
people who will come to us looking for an
experience much deeper, much healthier and much
more fulfilling. Training in Kung Fu rewards its
students with lifelong physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual skills.   People come to
us to teach them the skills to be Life
Warriors. Physically fit, healthy, confident and
happy (with the ability to kick butt if
required).   Kung fu is different to most other
martial arts in the methods it employs in
training. The predominant training method for
individual practice in Kung fu is called Taolu in
Chinese, or simply Forms in English. And,
although other styles of martial arts use some
forms, they are usually short and nowhere near as
complex as the forms of most Kung Fu Schools.
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To the uninitiated and misinformed, Chinese forms
look like choreographed gymnastics or dance, and
although they are sequenced and flowing their
beauty hide their devastating effectiveness as a
training method.   The discipline involved in
training kung fu to your physical limit and
beyond, is where the mental focus, discipline,
growth and skill acquisition are found. It is
also where the physical fitness and health are
found, if you train them correctly.   Kung Fu
forms contain breath training, internal energy
work (Chi Kung), dynamic tension exercises and
also cardio, strength and endurance training.
When trained with a sense of purpose and 100
percent mental engagement, forms become a
rigorous and exciting method of finding mobility,
flexibility, strength and aerobic and anaerobic
conditioning.

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I have personally trained other martial arts and
many different styles of physical exercise. None
are as challenging, physically and mentally, as
kung fu forms.   Thankfully, like most other
martial arts, kung fu has a progression of
learning for a beginner to follow. The forms and
skills start out at a level achievable by all
ages and abilities we have children as young as
3 and adults as old as 70 enrolled in our
programs. The beauty of kung fu is that it has
something in its disciplines for everyone.   If
you start with the premise that anybody should be
able to learn some level of self defence and
achieve a level of fitness and health appropriate
to their age and ability, then all you need is a
great school, with great instructors who are able
to teach and tailor their martial art to each
individual student.
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I believe at Head Academy Kung Fu that is what we
do very well. So if you want to get the most out
of your kung fu training you need to train with
the best, and put 100 percent of your mental and
physical energy into your training. For one
of the best narratives on Kung Fu forms watch
this. (Hung Gar is one of the styles used by our
founder Jow Lung to create the style of kung fu
we practice, Jow Gar. We also have a version of
the Tiger and Crane set which is taught at Light
Brown sash.)
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Thank You
Head Academy Kung Fu